The Stories
I've Told
I've told a lot of stories
over the years.
Some true.
Some not.
Some I got paid for.
Some not.
Some of you will like them.
Some not.
Such is life.
G R E G O R Y WI L S O N
Novels
The Creative Exiles
A rogue creative team tries to hold the advertising industry financially accountable for creating advertising that
works before the industry can find a way to
silence them forever.
Screenplays
DreamWeaver
A screenplay, partly fact, partly fiction,
based on the book I Guarantee It, written by
George Zimmer, the man behind
Men's Wearhouse.
Shorts
Vuja-Dé
It's what happens when every time you look at someone you see them as if you are seeing
them for the very first time.
Obviously, a love story.
Sanctuaries of the Sacred
A short story about a father,
a son, and a Himalayan Mountain.
A Short Treatise
On The
Craft of Advertising
For the many who did it well.
And the few who still do.
Sixty-Second Stories
Brands are stories.
A successful brand is a story told well.
If not told well, everything else is irrelevant.
Below are some stories-mostly told in sixty seconds.
And some would even say, well.
Stories Without Words
If a story of place can be told through its people,
then these photos tell stories of places I've been.
Click on name of place to see photos.
Started in Advertising
Foote, Cone & Belding
Chicago/Toronto
Writer
Hired by Hal Riney
San Francisco
Writer/Creative Director
Started own Agency
San Francisco
Writer/Creative Director/Owner
Started Production Company
San Francisco
Writer/Creative Director/Owner/Commercial Director
Closed Everything
Moved to Vancouver, BC
Canada
Writer
My Story
A satirical story about greed, politics and hope that would
feel right at home among today's headlines.
Except for the hope part.